Declaration for Liberty of Conscience

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The Declaration for Liberty of Conscience was a 1687–1688 royal proclamation by James II of England that sought to suspend penal laws against Catholics and Protestant dissenters, becoming a key flashpoint in the political and religious tensions leading to the Glorious Revolution.

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Declaration for Liberty of Conscience canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
royal proclamation ⓘ
aimedTo suspend penal laws against Catholics ⓘ
suspend penal laws against Protestant dissenters ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
James II’s Declaration for Liberty of Conscience ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
contributedTo Glorious Revolution ⓘ
controversialFor use of royal prerogative to suspend statutes ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime 1688 ⓘ
followedBy Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
hasEffect granting of limited freedom of worship ⓘ
suspension of religious tests for office ⓘ
hasPart English Declaration of Indulgence of 1687 ⓘ
Irish Declaration of Indulgence of 1687 ⓘ
Scottish Declaration of Indulgence of 1687 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Restoration England ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

Stuart monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
issuedBy English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England

James II of England ⓘ
legalBasisClaimed royal dispensing power ⓘ
legalStatus suspension of penal laws ⓘ
location England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
mainSubject Catholic emancipation ⓘ
Protestant dissenters ⓘ
penal laws ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
monarch James II of England ⓘ
notableEvent trial of the Seven Bishops ⓘ
opposedBy Anglican Church ⓘ
linked to: Anglican Communion

Church of England bishops ⓘ
English Parliamentarians ⓘ
Tory politicians ⓘ
linked to: Tory

Whig politicians ⓘ
linked to: Whig Party
politicalAlignment pro-Catholic policy ⓘ
publicationDate 1687 ⓘ
relatedTo Catholic–Protestant relations in England ⓘ
English penal laws ⓘ
Test Acts ⓘ
linked to: Test Act 1673
significantIn history of religious freedom in Britain ⓘ
startTime 1687 ⓘ

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Declaration of Indulgence → alsoKnownAs → Declaration for Liberty of Conscience ⓘ